How Does Christopher Hitchens Use Ethos In The Lovely Stones

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In “The Lovely Stones”, Christopher Hitchens uses the concepts of ethos, pathos, and logos to develop an effective and persuasive argument. His usage of these concepts shows that his writing skill is much higher than the average human. The concept of ethos is shown throughout Christopher Hitchens’s work. He quotes many professionals of the topics in his piece. He includes a quote by “The great classicist A. W. Lawrence... ‘the one building in the world which may be assessed as absolutely right’” (1). Hitchens describes A. W. Lawrence as a “great classicist”, which shows that he is qualified to make such an opinion. As a classicist, A. W. Lawrence probably studies Ancient Greek or Latin, so he has probably often come in contact with the Parthenon